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Sandy Powell
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Senior Court Reporter, The Advocate (Tasmania)
Tasmania
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Launceston council news police and emergency services court and crimeBreaking news Tasmanian politics
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Pair sentenced for 'planned' burglary of Sprent man Dean Jupp, who was killed at his home in violent assault
By Sandy Powell Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified Claims by two men acquitted of murder that they knew nothing about a violent and deadly assault on a man they were robbing in rural Tasmania three years ago were "obvious lies", a judge has said. Justice Tamara Jago sentenced Dane Ronald Pyke and Blaise Christopher Baddeley for their roles in the home invasion that left 59-year-old Dean Jupp dead on January 23, 2022. Both men were accused of murder, but after a month-long trial they were found not guilty of that charge on March 28.
By Sandy Powell Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified Lisa Wilson, whose 18-year-old son Troy Kenny died in a car crash caused by another teenage driver has this message for young drivers:"Slow down. It's five minutes. Is it worth a life?"Mr Kenny died on June 18, 2023, when a 17-year-old P-plater, who was speeding on a wet night on the Bass Highway at Latrobe, Tasmania, lost control of his car and collided with Mr Kenny's car. The now 19-year-old driver pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Burnie to dangerous driving causing death.
By Sandy Powell Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified The Bob Brown Foundation has launched legal action in the Federal Court challenging changes to environmental laws over the future of salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour. The amended laws are intended to guarantee the future of farmed salmon operations on Tasmania's west coast but have sparked outrage among the Greens. It is not yet clear when the court will consider the application, but the issue will remain central to the federal election campaign.
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The Advocate (Tasmania)
Tasmania, Australia